Ashawa Consults Ltd. were commissioned to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for Lafarge AshakaCem Coal-Powered Plant in Gombe state, 2015. The objectives for this EIA were:

• To satisfy local, state, federal, and international rules and regulations on environmental issues relating to Energy projects.
• Acquire Baseline data of the environment as well as the socio-economic and health conditions around the facility and host communities.
• Identify the environmental sensitivities of the study area.
• Assess the environmental cost and benefits of the project to the community likely to be affected by the proposed project.